Kuleba holds first phone call with U.S. Secretary of State Blinken

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken have held their first phone call, reaffirming the importance of a strategic partnership between the two countries.

According to an Ukrinform correspondent, Kuleba wrote this on his Twitter account on Monday, February 1.

"In our first call today Secretary of State Blinken and I affirmed the importance of the Ukraine-U.S. strategic partnership. We agreed to raise the level of ambition and begin a new day in our relations. Grateful for the unfaltering U.S. support of Ukraine's sovereignty & territorial integrity," he wrote.

On January 26, the U.S. Senate approved Blinken as Secretary of State in the Joe Biden administration.

During the hearings held in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Blinken spoke in support of Ukraine. He stressed that the United States must help Ukraine overcome not only an external threat from Russia, but also its internal enemies - corruption and the lack of effective institutions of democratic governance.

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